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[Wikicop20 + 186]

Interested to hear about any police officer medics out there. 

I know BTP London have some ‘police medics’, but not sure what this actually entails. 

How common is it for UK police officers to be dual-trained? Are those police medics qualified as EMTs or paramedics, or a lower band, like  emergency care assistant? 

I imagine most new PCs get first aid. Is it basic, like most workplaces, or is it more advanced and trauma based? Like stab wounds, car crash injuries etc. 

Seems like s good idea  

Thanks. 

[XA84 + 434]

1 hour ago, Wikicop20 said:

Interested to hear about any police officer medics out there. 

I know BTP London have some ‘police medics’, but not sure what this actually entails. 

How common is it for UK police officers to be dual-trained? Are those police medics qualified as EMTs or paramedics, or a lower band, like  emergency care assistant? 

I imagine most new PCs get first aid. Is it basic, like most workplaces, or is it more advanced and trauma based? Like stab wounds, car crash injuries etc. 

Seems like s good idea  

Thanks. 

Only police medics I'm aware of are AFO's that are tacmed trained. Other than that I've not really heard of it. 

[Indiana Jones + 1,082]

People usually refer to Public Order medics as such too.

[Sceptre + 2,701]

All cops get some fairly perfunctory first aid focusing on CPR, defib, stemming bleeding and if issued the use of tourniquets, dressings etc - it's not a lot more than first aid at work besides more focus on trauma and tends to be mostly taught by powerpoint. Public order and firearms medics do a more involved course, google D13E to get an idea of the syllabus. The HCP in custody suites is normally a registered nurse. If we need paramedics for something, sometimes the ambulance service has one going spare. 

[SimonT + 1,185]

Our medics deploy with our public order teams, get a different type of hat - green! They are far more advanced than our general first aid skill and carry a massive bag of kit. 

It's a rare skillset and a difficult course 

[Wikicop20 + 186]

Thanks for the responses, sounds interesting.

I'm a bit surprised that there are not more cross-trained people in the emergency services these days.

I know the "co-responder" programme has started in some areas with the fire services, but there we are.

[Beaker 817]

We have medica trained to the same level as AFOs and similar, I believe some have higher training than the AFOs.  They're primarily there as part of the L2 contingent, but any medic will carry their medical kit with them (It's heavy, I did most of my training with a medic).